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Richard: So the plot of Robert Harris's novel 'Pompeii'
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

So the plot ofRobert Harris's novel 'Pompeii' revolves around a water engineer who...

Richard: So the plot of
Robert Harris's novel 'Pompeii' revolves around a water engineer who discovers
that there's a problem with the aqueduct,
the water system

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Richard: So the plot of Robert Harris's novel 'Pompeii'
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revolves around a water engineer
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who discovers that there's a problem
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with the aqueduct, the water system.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:01
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E03 An incident here, in this spot in Ronda, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
An incident here, in this spot in Ronda,
S01 • E01 He was really finding a thriller that was very well set - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:17
He was really finding a thriller that was very well set
S01 • E02 I'm hugely excited to be driving towards - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:10
I'm hugely excited to be driving towards
S01 • E03 "Pablo had them beaten to death with flails - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
"Pablo had them beaten to death with flails
S01 • E03 "And in my life, never do I wish to see such a scene - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
"And in my life, never do I wish to see such a scene
S01 • E02 Richard narrates: It's a sort of double love story, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
Richard narrates: It's a sort of double love story,
S01 • E01 The aqueduct by Augustus the emperor, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:12
The aqueduct by Augustus the emperor,
S01 • E02 What's great is that it captures all the trials - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
What's great is that it captures all the trials
S01 • E01 - Do you think it's true that the water supply did stop - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
- Do you think it's true that the water supply did stop
S01 • E01 - I do believe because this is such a complicated - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:22
- I do believe because this is such a complicated
S01 • E02 "All my life," writes Carol, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:22
"All my life," writes Carol,
S01 • E03 .."Hemingway aspired to write - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
.."Hemingway aspired to write
S01 • E03 "Sober, limited repertory, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:20
"Sober, limited repertory,
S01 • E01 - How accurate or true do you think the story is - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
- How accurate or true do you think the story is
S01 • E02 "And in among all of those gregarious - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
"And in among all of those gregarious
S01 • E01 - Of course we have no knowledge about the real person, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:15
- Of course we have no knowledge about the real person,
S01 • E03 ..care about the world - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
..care about the world
S01 • E01 But he's going even ahead and he thinks, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
But he's going even ahead and he thinks,
S01 • E02 Carol, what was here when you first saw the property? - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
Carol, what was here when you first saw the property?
S01 • E03 Seeing Andalucía through the eyes of Lorca - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Seeing Andalucía through the eyes of Lorca